Fatou (gorilla)
Fatou (2018)
Fatou is a gorilla residing at Berlin Zoo, Germany. Estimated to have been born in 1957 in the wild, she was brought from West Africa to France by a sailor in 1959, and then acquired by the Berlin Zoo. In 1974 she gave birth to the first gorilla to be raised in Berlin, Dufte.[1] She celebrated her 64th birthday on April 13, 2021. Since the death of Colo in January 2017, she has likely been the oldest living gorilla in the world (initially together with American gorilla Trudy, who died in July 2019).[2][3]
Through her only offspring, Dufte, Fatou is a grandmother of two, great-grandmother of 13 (six living), and great-great-grandmother of 16 (ten living).[4]
References[]
- ^ "Zoo Berlin - Herzlich willkommen im Zoo Berlin. - Senior citizens meet for gorilla's birthday". www.zoo-berlin.de.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Berliner Zoo: Fatou könnte nun ältester Gorilla der Welt sein - Nordkurier.de". 20 January 2017.
- ^ Davis, James R. (September 5, 2021). "0082 – FATOU". Dewar Wildlife. Dewar Wildlife Trust, Inc. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
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